A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2830, FY08 Coast Guard Authorization, Title II, shipping and navigation, Title V, Ballast Water; H.R. 1585, FY08 Defense Authorization, Title XXXV-Maritime Administration; H.R. 3074, FY08 Transportation Appropriations, Title I MarAd; H.R. 3221, Energy Independence Act, Title VIII Short Sea Shipping; S. 328, 9/11 Commission Recommendations, Container Screening; S. 2657 North Atlantic Right Whale Collision; Support for Maritime Administration Title XI Ship Loan Guarantee Program; NOAA 9/25/08 FEIS effort to implement vessel operational measures to reduce ship strikes to North Atlantic Right Whales; Department of Transportation request for comments regarding Transportation Workplace Drug Testing Program.

Client expense: $70,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Monitoring developments relating to Customs and Border Protection interpretation and solicitation of comments pertaining to Hawaiian Coastwise cruises; Monitoring Congressional action on S.2657 & H.R. 5536, relating to requiring the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales (ship strikes).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE

S. 2657, by Senator John Kerry (D-MA) - Seeking Congressional support on behalf of the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center for the bill which requires the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales (ship strikes); H.R. 1006, the Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2007 Seeking Congressional support on behalf of the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center in providing funding for H.R. 1006, the Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Amendments of 2007 which provides funding for marine mammal rescue efforts.

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $40,000

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; efforts to improve laws for shark conservation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; efforts to improve laws for shark conservation.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

Oceans Conservation, Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act (H.R. 21); efforts to reauthorize the National Marine Sanctuaries Act; accession in the Senate to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea; America's Climate Security Act of 2007 (S. 2191)(for its provisions on greenhouse gas emissions reductions generally, and more specifically on its provisions for natural resources adaptation, resilience and planning); work to protect fisheries conservation protections, including lobbying against the "Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2008" (H.R. 5425); a bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes (S. 2657, H.R. 5536); implememation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

Client expense: $10,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SENATE

HR 1464, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2008. HR 1947, Haley's Act, To promote public safety and improve the welfare of captive big cats, and for other purposes. HR 2327, Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007. S 1033, Great Cats Rare Candids Act of 2007. Issues relating to the ban on tiger farming. HR 5741, Shark Conservation Act of 2008. H. CON. RES. 350, Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States, through the issues realting to the International Whaling Commission and the appropriate measures to end commercial whaling in all of its forms, including scientific and other special permit whaling, coastal whaling, and community-based whaling, and seek to strengthen the conservation and management measures to facilitate the conservation of whale species, and for other purposes. HR 5534, Bear Protection Act of 2008. S 1406, Polar Bear Protection Act of 2007. HR 5536, To require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes. S 2657, To require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, and for other purposes.

Client expense: $20,000 · Firm income: Not reported

H.R. 2830, FY08 Coast Guard Authorization, Title II, shipping and navigation, Title V, Ballast Water; H.R. 1585, FY08 Defense Authorization, Title XXXV-Maritime Administration; H.R. 3074, FY08 Transportation Appropriations, Title I MarAd; H.R. 3221, Energy Independence Act, Title VIII Short Sea Shipping; S. 328, 9/11 Commission Recommendations, Container Screening; S. 2657 North Atlantic Right Whale Collision

Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

Monitoring developments relating to Customs and Border Protection interpretation and solicitation of comments pertaining to Hawaiian Coastwise cruises; Monitoring Congressional action on S.2657 & H.R. 5536, relating to requiring the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales (ship strikes).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Monitoring developments relating to Customs and Border Protection interpretation and solicitation of comments pertaining to Hawaiian Coastwise cruises; Monitoring Congressional action on S.2657, relating to requiring the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North Atlantic right whales (ship strikes).

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers), Federal Highway Administration (FHA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Coast Guard Authorization - S.1892/HR2830 Ballast Water Management - S1578 Vessel Emissions reduction - S1499 Ratification of MARPOL Annex VI - HR802 UNCITRAL cargo liability treaty Maritime and cargo security regs Right whale protection - S2657 OPA -90 amendments - S2841/S2700

Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Currency manipulation - S.377; S.1421; S.2317; S.2467 Iran economic sanctions - S.2657; International Trade Commission Sunset Review of Tariffs on imported corrosion resistant steel

Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)